Bob CollinsCan we get a little love today for Donnell Gibson, the kind of man you want living in your city?
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
By Bob Collins
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Target says it will close all of its stores in Canada — the chain’s Waterloo — by April 12.
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If you’ve followed the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, you probably know that Nigel Hayes has endeared himself to the nation because of his astonishment that a stenographer was so good at her job, which is transcribing interviews
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A split Minnesota Supreme Court Wednesday threw out a man’s first-degree-murder conviction for killing his girlfriend as justices wrangled over the legal definition of domestic abuse. Read more →
I generally don’t pay a lot of attention to Michele Bachmann; she’s low-hanging fruit for bloggers.
But sometimes she reaches a new level. Read more →
The BBC suggests today that we’ve moved on from caring about climate change because we’re tired of it.
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When the Minnesota high school dance team season starts next year, perhaps the priority will be restoring a little class to the image of the sport.
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Brig props today to Richard Chin of the Pioneer Press who answers a question we’ve had since the Green Line started running in downtown Saint Paul. What’s the story with that godawful machine gun sound signalling that it’s OK to cross the street? Read more →
An emergency landing on a highway near Hawley, Minn., Tuesday turned out OK. But it’s clear from the photos that the driver is lucky to be alive. Read more →
My airline pilot friends reported to me last week that in the aftermath of the Germanwings tragedy, passengers stepping onto their jets were asking them “do you feel alright?”. Funny stuff.
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An incident in Saint Paul yesterday afternoon should give everyone who likes to debate the concealed carry law a chance to say, ‘See? I told you.’
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Over the years, the NewsCut staff has lived vicariously through the cross-country journeys of others. Quite often, they’re canoe trips down the Mississippi River.
We also have a fondness for those who paddle against the current, which is why it’s worth noting today that five paddlers, four of them from Saint Cloud, have made it to Minnesota in their quest to travel from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean. They say no one has ever traveled the route in one trip. Read more →
The Transportation Security Administration — the pat-down people at the airport — is going to stop searching black women’s hair for no reason.
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If he’s frustrated by it, Bill McGuire, the man behind the effort to bring MLS to downtown Minneapolis, can end the speculation on whether he’ll be seeking public subsidies for a new stadium anytime he wishes. He just has to answer the question. That he is shying away from the answer is understandable; it’s a Read more →
A lot of newspapers are pretty shy these days about running editorials; margins are so thin, it’s not worth angering the readers.
This morning, the Indianapolis Star isn’t like a lot of newspapers. Read more →